Acid rain refers to all types of precipitation--rain, snow, sleet, hail, fog--that is acidic in nature. Acidic means that these forms of water have a pH lower than the 5.6 average of rainwater. Acid rain kills aquatic life, trees, crops and other vegetation, damages buildings and monuments, corrodes copper and lead piping, damages such man-made things as automobiles, reduces soil fertility and can cause toxic metals to leach into underground drinking water sources. Rain is naturally …showed first 75 words of 870 total…

…showed last 75 words of 870 total…political game. They stomped on getting rid of sulfur but what about the other items that cause acid rain. Then you have the other side that states the two main ingredients of coal smoke are particulate and sulfur, which causes 500,000 premature death each year and millions of new respiratory illnesses. Particulates penetrate deep into lungs. Prolonged inhalation causes a range of respiratory and cardiovascular problems, such as emphysema, asthma, bronchitis, lung cancer and heart disease.